Cuspidor.



Patented July I, 1902.

R. A. YOCHUM.

CUSPIDOR.

(Application filed May 13, 1901.

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RAYMOND A. YOCHUM, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 703,884, dated July 1,1902. Application filed May 13, 1901. Serial No 60,018- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RAYMOND A. YooHUM,

a citizen of the United States'of America, re-

vented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incuspidors, and has for its main object to construct a cuspidor withmeans to retain the contents of the same within the bowl in case thelatter should be accidentally upset.

The invention relates specifically,therefore, to that class of cuspidorsknown and termed as non-spillable cuspidors, which have a valve or likemechanism adapted to close the inlet when the cuspidor is upset, and Iaim to construct a cuspidor of this class in which the construction willbe extremely simple, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive tomanufacture.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals ofreference indicate like parts throughout the difierent views, in which-Figure 1 is acentral vertical sectional View of my improved cuspidor.Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line a; w of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of a part of the bowl, showing how themouthpiece is secured therein.

To put my invention into practice, I provide a bowl 1, which may be madeof any suitable material and of any desired form, though preferablyconstructed with an annular neck portion 2,-which is provided onopposite sides in the rim thereof with bayonetshaped slots 2.] Amouthpiece or funnel member extends downward into the bowl 1 and isprovided with an annular flange 2, which rests on the rim of the neck 2.This funnel member has a contracted neck 3 and terminates in a basket 4,in which is placed a spherical-shaped valve 5. The basket comprises aseries of strips, which are produced 5 is adapted to be constructed ofrubber or like elastic material, so that the same can be compressed toforce the same through the neck 3 and into the basket 4. In case thecuspidor is upset it will be observed that this ball-valve 5 will seatagainst the contracted neck 3 and close the outlet to the contents ofthe cuspidor, whilewhen the cuspidor is in the upright position theball-valve will lie in the bottom of the basket, as shown in Fig. 1

of the drawings. The overlying flange 2 project-s beyond the neck of thebowl, and thus affords a grip, by means of which the funnel member ormouthpiece may be turned so as to disengage the pins 6 from the bayonet-shaped slots and permit the removal of the neck or funnel memberwhen it is desired to clean the cuspidor.

In the construction of the device it will of course be observed thatvarious changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the general spirit of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a non-spillable spittoon, the combination of a bowl having anintegral contracted neck portion with bayonet-shaped slots formed onopposite sides thereof, of a mouthpiece having an outwardly-extendedflange for engagement with the end of the contracted neck portion andextending therebeyond, said flange of the mouthpiece carryingan integralright-angular downwardly-extending flange for engagement with thesaidiinterior'of the contracted neck portion, headed pins carried bysaid right-angular flange of the mouthpiece and operating in said slots,said'mouth- I piece carrying a downwardly-extending contracted portion,a pair of outwardly-extend ing integral strips formed integral with thesaid contracted portion, said strips having spaces therebetween andbeing bowed intermediate of their ends to form a semicircularvalve-seat, the strips crossing one another at right angles, and ahollow flexible ball-valve in said seat for engagement with saidcontracted portion of the mouthpiece, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

RAYMOND A. YOOHUM.

Witnesses:

JOHN GROETZINGER, M. E. HARRISON.

